[Results] New Japan, 3/6/11

NJPW “39TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 3/6/11 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,005 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tongabeat Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto & King Fale (9:33) when Honma used the Kokeshi on Fale.
2. Giant Bernard, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA beat Jado, Gedo & Tomohiro Ishii (8:50) when KUSHIDA used the Midnight Express on Gedo.
3. TAKA Michinoku & Taichibeat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (11:35) when TAKA pinned Devitt.
4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Manabu Nakanishi beat Yujiro Takahashi (9:50) with a German suplex hold.
5. New Japan Cup – Round 1: MVP beat Karl Anderson (12:20) with the TTB.
6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hirooki Goto (13:45) with the Boma Ye.
7. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata (12:58) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Nagata.
8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Togi Makabe beat Satoshi Kojima (16:01) with a Dragon suplex hold.


* New Japan celebrated its 39th anniversary today at a packed Korakuen, with Don Arakawa being inducted into the NJPW Greatest Wrestlers hall of fame.
* Makabe finally earned the revenge he has sought by pinning Kojima in the main event today, in doing so advancing to the next round of the New Japan Cup. Makabe had to dig deep to defeat the previous IWGP Heavyweight Champion, using a Dragon suplex hold to finish him.
* Ruthless Shinsuke Nakamura ended Hirooki Goto’s hopes of winning the New Japan Cup three times in a row by beating his former ally with the Boma Ye.
* MVP continued his impressive start in New Japan, beating IWGP Tag Team Champion, Karl Anderson, to also advance in the New Japan Cup.
* Nakanishi defeated NO LIMIT’s Yujiro Takahashi in the other NJC match today.
* Nakanishi vs. Nakamura and Makabe vs. MVP are set for the second round as a result of today’s outcomes.